Substrate specificity of the citrate transporter CitP of Lactococcus lactis.

Journal of Bacteriology
Agata Pudlik, J S Lolkema

Abstract

The citrate transporter CitP of lactic acid bacteria catalyzes electrogenic precursor-product exchange of citrate versus L-lactate during citrate-glucose cometabolism. In the absence of sugar, L-lactate is replaced by the metabolic intermediates/end products pyruvate, α-acetolactate, and acetate. In this study, the binding and translocation properties of CitP were analyzed systematically for a wide variety of mono- and dicarboxylates of the form X-CR(2)-COO(-), where X represents OH (2-hydroxy acid), O (2-keto acid), or H (acid) and R groups differ in size, hydrophobicity, and composition. It follows that CitP is a very promiscuous carboxylate transporter. A carboxylate group is both essential and sufficient for recognition by the transporter. A C-2 atom is not essential, formate is a substrate, and C-2 may be part of a ring structure, as in benzoate. The R group may be as bulky as an indole ring structure. For all monocarboxylates of the form X-CHR-COO(-), the hydroxy (X = OH) analogs were the preferred substrates. The preference for keto (X = O) or acid (X = H) analogs was dependent on the bulkiness of the R group, such that the acid was preferred for small R groups and the 2-ketoacid was preferred for more bulky R groups. Th...Continue Reading

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May 28, 2013·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Pablo MorteraJuke S Lolkema
Jul 17, 2012·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Agata M Pudlik, Juke S Lolkema
Dec 4, 2012·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Agata M Pudlik, Juke S Lolkema
Mar 4, 2014·Annual Review of Food Science and Technology·E J Smid, M Kleerebezem
Feb 2, 2017·Microbial Cell Factories·Emma KarlssonLisbeth Olsson
May 18, 2019·International Microbiology : the Official Journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology·Lukas SchäferAlexander Steinbüchel

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